30 Jul 2015
Dollar keeps daily highs near 97.70
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The greenback, measured by the USD Index, continues its relentless march north today, trading in the upper bound of the range near 97.70.
Dollar propped up by US data
The demand for the US dollar has found extra oxygen in today’s positive releases from the US calendar, where the Q2 GDP advanced 2.3% on a yearly basis, missing estimates albeit much stronger that the previous 0.6% expansion (revised from -0.2%). In addition, weekly Initial Claims have once again surprised markets to the upside, confirming the solid performance of the labour market.
The resurgence of the bid tone in the dollar has been sparked yesterday after the FOMC meeting and have extended today in the wake of the US releases, feeding rising expectations of a probable Fed’s lift-off in September.
Dollar relevant levels
As of writing the index is up 0.75% at 97.70 and a breakout of 97.97 (high Jul.17) would aim for 98.16 (high Jul.20) and finally 98.46 (high Apr.21). On the flip side, the immediate support aligns at 96.29 (low Jul.27) ahead of 96.26 (low Jul.14) and then 95.63 (low Jul.13).
Dollar propped up by US data
The demand for the US dollar has found extra oxygen in today’s positive releases from the US calendar, where the Q2 GDP advanced 2.3% on a yearly basis, missing estimates albeit much stronger that the previous 0.6% expansion (revised from -0.2%). In addition, weekly Initial Claims have once again surprised markets to the upside, confirming the solid performance of the labour market.
The resurgence of the bid tone in the dollar has been sparked yesterday after the FOMC meeting and have extended today in the wake of the US releases, feeding rising expectations of a probable Fed’s lift-off in September.
Dollar relevant levels
As of writing the index is up 0.75% at 97.70 and a breakout of 97.97 (high Jul.17) would aim for 98.16 (high Jul.20) and finally 98.46 (high Apr.21). On the flip side, the immediate support aligns at 96.29 (low Jul.27) ahead of 96.26 (low Jul.14) and then 95.63 (low Jul.13).